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A president who approves of treasonous conduct - The Bay State Banner
In his recent speech at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Trump made it clear that he opposed the removal of statues of the leaders of the Confederacy, although they had engaged in the treasonous Civil War against the
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Conway Barbour: Early African American Lawyer of Arkansas
Conway Barbour was an early African American lawyer in Arkansas. Barbour was born a free man in Kentucky about 1820. By the 1940s, he was a free man working as a steamboat cabin attendant in Louisville, Kentucky, which caused him to be well-known throughout the community. He was recorded in the
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A Large Mural Of Breonna Taylor Was Painted In Annapolis, Maryland
[ad_1] A group of artists have painted a large mural in of Breonna Taylor, an unarmed Black woman who was killed by police officers serving a no-knock warrant. According to CNN, artists and volunteers painted the mural on a basketball court in the suburb and home to the Naval Academy, in
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Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Dandridge was a popular African American celebrity, known for her remarkable acting in Hollywood. Her other skills besides theater acting included dancing and singing. For her outstanding work in the 1954 film Carmen Jones, Dandridge was nominated for the Academy Awards, rendering her the
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Nov
9
1922
Fisk University (1866- )
One of the first U.S. institutions to offer a liberal arts education to former slaves in the post-Civil War South, Fisk opened its doors in Nashville, Tennessee, just nine months after the Confederate surrender at Appomattox. General Clinton B. Fisk of the Tennessee Freedmens Bureau donated
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6
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Florida politician bizarrely claims Beyonce is faking being black: ‘She is Italian’ - Face2Face Africa
Beyonce has been caught up in a bizarre conspiracy theory; that she’s faking being African American and hiding her real identity as an Italian woman named Ann. KW Miller, who is running to represent Floridas 18th Congressional District in Americas November election, made these claims about the
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Birthday in Florence, Alabama, of Oscar De Priest, who became a politician after moving to Chicago. Elected in 1928, De Priest was the first African American from Illinois elected to the House of Representatives.
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Mar
9
1871
Black Georgia Man Charged With Murder After Shooting At Group Of White Attackers
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Local church raises Black Lives Matter banner - WS Chronicle
To show solidarity with the movement, St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, which has a predominately white congregation, raised their second BLM banner at the church last Thursday, July 2. The post Local church raises Black Lives Matter banner appeared first on WS Chronicle.
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Attack on black and white Republicans
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Why It’s Time To Upend The False Narrative Of Blind Justice - Blavity
The unjust murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Tony McDade, and global protests calling to defund the police, have forever upended the false narrative of blind justice.
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Matthew A. Cherry Is Bringing His Hair Love Characters To HBO Max
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Organized Labor in the 21st Century: The Las Vegas Hotel and Culinary Workers Union Local 226
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Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Jr. opened campaign in Chicago.
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Huston-Tillotson University (1881- )
The collaboration of diligent black people and concerned white philanthropists from the North was the impetus behind the formation of what is now Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas. Chartered in 1877 and opened in 1881 under the name of Tillotson Collegiate and Normal Institute by the
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Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks is remembered as the first martyr of the African American Revolutionary War. His exact date of birth is not known, but it is estimated that he was born sometime around 1723. Very little is known about his origins; he may have been a slave or a free man. Some accounts define him to
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1770
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William Levi Dawson, composer and arranger of music, was born in Anniston, Alabama. Among his songs are, I Couldnt Hear Nobody Pray and My Lord What a Morning.
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26
1899
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1967
Horace Harding Pippin!!!
In West Chester, Pennsylvania, African American painter Horace Pippin was born. Pippin is considered one of the major American painters of his period. One of his more significant works, John Brown Going to His Hanging, is owned by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
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1888
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Chambers, Samuel D. (1831-1929) and Amanda Chambers (1840-1925)
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